Congratulations on finishing your series with such an interesting take on John and Sherlock's ultimate path to happiness. It was good to see Sherlock learn that love was not a zero sum game and that he didn't have to be in competition with Irene or anyone else John cared about. John loves different people in different ways, but the fact that his relationship with Sherlock is platonic doesn't diminish its importance to either of them. I'm very happy for them both
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Thank you for making your way through the series - that's a serious time commitment! And I'm so happy you're pleased for both John and Sherlock, as I wanted the title's promise of a happy ending to feel earned; John has needs that Sherlock is willing to consolidate, and neither is wrong.
Aside from the lovely lighthouse line, Mary in canon never interested me very much; Irene Adler was always the woman to me. I'd very much wanted to have an artist, a fellow musician, play a leading role in a Sherlock story, and in Martin Freeman's John Watson, I saw for the first time a Watson who could match the Adler in my head (though I am very fond of Godfrey Norton as well), which was why I wrote them together in an earlier story, which became useful here, as Irene had a prior claim to John that Sherlock couldn't deny. Additionally, I wanted to signal that I wasn't going to have the woman in John's life (who usually is Mary) follow one of the familiar fandom plotlines of (1) her dying off to allow J&S to reunite, (2) J throwing her over for S
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Bookmarked. I've read a lot of fic, all with different ways incorporating the various characters, and this one pulls them together and manages to keep them true to themselves, so brava.
That is really lovely of you to say - thank you so much! I felt exorcised when I finished this, as it said most of what I wanted to say about these characters (not that that's stopped me from writing more!), and I'm pleased that this version of them worked for you.
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Aside from the lovely lighthouse line, Mary in canon never interested me very much; Irene Adler was always the woman to me. I'd very much wanted to have an artist, a fellow musician, play a leading role in a Sherlock story, and in Martin Freeman's John Watson, I saw for the first time a Watson who could match the Adler in my head (though I am very fond of Godfrey Norton as well), which was why I wrote them together in an earlier story, which became useful here, as Irene had a prior claim to John that Sherlock couldn't deny. Additionally, I wanted to signal that I wasn't going to have the woman in John's life (who usually is Mary) follow one of the familiar fandom plotlines of (1) her dying off to allow J&S to reunite, (2) J throwing her over for S ( ... )
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Hee! I'm so glad you decided to do your own thing, it's lovely! :)
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Thank you again for your kind words!
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(ps - if you want to keep this story in one page, it's here as well: http://archiveofourown.org/works/834129)
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